MOViN 101.1 upgrades power, coverage
Bonneville St. Louis Radio Group announced the completion of its transmission upgrade for WMVN-FM, MOViN 101.1. This power upgrade increases WMVN from 50,000 watts...
KVLY tower’s world title in danger
The Detroit Lakes Tribune reports the tower for Fargo-based KVLY-TV is the tallest man-made structure in the world, but its official title is in...
Jerry Lee puts his money where his Cume is
“I will make radio commercials that are more effective than television commercials. And I will do it for free.” That’s the offer WBEB-FM Philadelphia...
Citadel to bring back WLS-FM in Chicago
The Chicago Sun-Times reports the fabled call letters of WLS-FM are about to light up the Chicago airwaves again. Citadel Broadcasting plans to ask...
Michael Savage instrumental in dismissal of charges on "Haditha Massacre"
TRN’s Michael Savage and the listeners of The Savage Nation have been instrumental to the vindication of Lt. Colonel Chessani, in relation to the...
Satellites crash to earth
Only figuratively. Goldman Sachs analyst Mark Wienkes already had sell recommendations on both Sirius and XM, but he lowered his price targets for both and declared that
Let's call them the Super CEOs
NAB announced a new Super Session Breakfast for the Radio Show in Austin. Five radio group CEOs will be on the panel Thursday, September...
BE unveils new digital automation platform
Broadcast Electronics (BE) returns to the Broadcast Asia conference in Singapore this week with a new digital automation system that is streamlining workflow in...
Arbitron touts PPM progress
Just as company officials did last week when they announced that the Portable People Meter rollout would resume in September, Arbitron officials repeatedly noted in yesterday’s monthly conference call
Down 8%, but it could be worse
RAB’s report that May radio revenues were down 8% may be a downer for radio folks, but at least you’re not in the newspaper business. Gannett reports that May newspaper ad revenues fell 14.3%
Radio revenues took a dive in May
If you thought CL King analyst Jim Boyle was being a pessimist when he predicted that May radio revenues would come in down 5-6%...
Are radio companies making good on payola retribution?
No they are not, according to the Future of Music Coalition. Several radio groups entered into consent decrees with the FCC following the payola...
The Dennis Miller Show hits 175 affiliates
Westwood One announced The Dennis Miller Show now airs on 175 radio stations and in all 10 of the top 10 U.S. markets. The...
Something new to worry about
We’d never heard of Acacia Research Corporation before, but it got our attention when the company announced that it had acquired a patent which purports to cover audio ad insertion to replace
Best growth markets for radio
SNL Kagan estimates five-year annual revenue growth of 1.1% for radio markets, despite a 2.5% drop in total radio revenue in 2007. San Diego tops the list of fastest-growing markets